Polaroid is no longer making the film which bears its name.

Don’t worry, I’m sure that the niche of private pornographic photos will be well served by digital cameras and at-home photo printers. Phew!

…appears to be giving legitimicy to video games; as it did to rock music and boobs and violence in movies before it.

A US court ruled that the state had no right to “ticket” under-17 kids who buy “M” or “AO” games.

Basically, it held that merely demonstrating that video games are violent isn’t enough - proof that such games are detrimental to a kid is necessary in oder to impose legal sanctions.

The judge actually cited the bible and Macbeth as two very violent works that kids are allowed to engage with - if those are allowed (or even encouraged) then, if the violent presented to the child is th issue, then video games should likewise be allowed.

The decision is very much in line with previous decisions by the court. Unless concrete proof of “damage” can be shown, there’s no right to arbitrarily censor things from kids. I guess that’s what parents are for - to look out for the best interests of kids, according to their own morals. What a crazy thought…

“So far as I can tell, this body’s been dead for a month”

“And he still performed yesterday. What a trooper”

Apparently, on standardized tests, Firefox 3’s betas consume less memory then IE, Opera and (no surprise) Firefox 2.

Since Firefox 2 is an absolute pig, the progress is pretty impressive, and hopefully bodes well for Firefox 3.

Could this be the first time that a new version of software is less bloaty then its predecessor?

One feature I’m really interested in is that it uses an SQLite database for bookmarks - this lets them do all sorts of neat stuff like tagging and better searching of these files; but I’m also hoping that it’ll make the management of a large number of bookmarks easier and mch snappier. If memory serves, SQLite uses a flat file for storage, which means that backup of your bookmarks is still easy (though probably not as convenient as the human-readable HTML file that’s in use right now - I’d wager that an export function will be available, though).

Since I’m not willing to leave behind those precious extensions of mine, I’m really looking forward to Firefox 3, which is entering Beta 5 code freeze tomorrow. (Yeah… they seem to have a whole wack of betas… it seems like they’re having some real problems nailing down all the bugs).

I’m thinking that, once beta 5 hits the street, I’ll see what existing issues are identified, and then probably start using it for day-to-day surfing. Firefox 2 is starting to really annoy with its quirky behavior…

“Cunt” was much more common then I imagined. Maybe it’s a British thing…?

But no, it’s real - Is He Cheating on You? 829 Telltale Signs is an actual book.

I’m not sure what’s scarier to me - that there’s so much paranoia that a book like this can sell, or that people think that by consulting a book with a whole wack of “telltale signs” they can determine an individual’s fidelity.

Where it gets really strange is when you consider that a lot of women consider their mate’s having close emotional ties with another woman to be “cheating” - so this book is capable of determining the status of an individual’s emotional ties with another person due to the presence or absence of a number of signs?

Oh, and in case you were wondering, the author is a journalist - not a psychologist.